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Judging by the Harpercon cheerleaders at the Blogging Tories, various comment boards, social media, etc., apparently, to them, what Bev Oda did, was just fine, expressing her disapproval for funding. To them, we're just a bunch of lefties clinging to hope after the bad polls for the Liberals and NDP.

What's funny is, that if it had been a Liberal who had done the same thing Oda did, they would no doubt be leading the battle cry for their head.

Obviously none of these "scandals" damaged the Tories in any meaningful way with the polling they are enjoying -

http://unambig.com/despite-scandals-conservatives-still-on-top/

Have fun with this crumb when and if you can; with the massive amount of attention that will be focused on the coming budget, this crumb will be forgotten and people will be yawning about it in about a month (if that), just like all the other "scandals" were.

As usual Canadian nonsense is as screwed up as his statistical nonsense. He seems to forget that pre election polls like this are pretty useless in terms of what might happen come election day. Jean Chretien and Harper were both way behind in the pre election polls in the year when they first won. In fact it was forecast that Chretien might finish third in that 1993 election. Polls capture the moment not the trend. Canadian nonsense has a trend we can all see....twisted lies

Terence, it pains me to say this but CanadianSense is right. The party that governs must be the one with the most cash. This way they can flood the airwaves between elections with attack ads to crush the opposition. Also they can commit fraud and lie about it without any worry from the media, because after all, this is how governing is done.

You missed trust and credibility. Your team is sorely lacking in both. (Polls verify that)

Feel free to deny the empirical evidence by the non-partisan group.

Also feel free to deny the efforts of the Liberals trying to recapture those key voting blocks with McKay as the point man.

http://www.ces-eec.org/pdf/Anatomy%20of%20a%20Liberal%20Defeat.pdf

Liberal MP John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood), who is Kenney's counterpart in his party wooing Catholic and other faith communities, agrees his party has done things that have turned religious voters off. But he sees signs that his efforts to re-engage faith groups is meeting with success.http://www.wcr.ab.ca/WCRThisWeek/Stories/tabid/61/entryid/526/Default.aspx

OT the main point of BCL's article, but this from Terence caught my eye:

Jean Chretien and Harper were both way behind in the pre election polls in the year when they first won. In fact it was forecast that Chretien might finish third in that 1993 election.

Harper, yeah - but Chretien? I am (gulp!) old enough to remember the years leading up to the '93 election. With the exception of Kim C's brief surge in the late summer and early fall of '93, I thought the Liberals were doing pretty good, poll-wise, especially once the Mulroney government reached the depths of its popularity.

In fact, the records at this site indicate that from July '91 onwards, the Libs were in front of the Tories & the NDP.

Harper & Chretien *were* underestimated by at least some of the pro pundits, that much is true. Is Iggy being underestimated? I dunno. Harper and Chretien had years of time to learn & improve before they were actually elected PM. An interesting question is whether the Libs will give Iggy another chance to learn & improve if he loses this election?

trouble is, Senseless, you bullying elephants in the China shop have just shot yourself in the feet as far as replicating that victory by capitalizing on the shift in Catholic loyalties, since the Catholics are both behind KAIROS AND are opposed to the Harpies' dumb on crime agenda.

Ignatieff does not have the chess pieces to replicate the Perfect Storm that wiped out the Mulroney Conservatives.

Being truthful, I actually agree with you here CS. Any vote this spring will more than likely just result in another Harper minority. Wildcards are a Harper majority (if Iggy screws up during the campaign) or a Lib minority (if Harper screws up - which he's pretty good at NOT doing during a campaign).

Chretien's perfect storm was because the PC split into 3 parties; PC, Reform & the Bloc. The Libs would have had nowhere near the romp in 1993 if the conservative vote wasn't fractured.

At this point the CPC vote is whole, but the more the Harper government commits fraud, lies, and evolves to be more obtuse and secretive than the dirtiest of past Liberal governments ...they risk the same fate. And having more money doesn't help, I can confirm that as a PCer in 1993.